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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1917' 1,259,617, PatentedMar. 19, 1918.

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X Y f' x UNFFD TATES QFFEQEQ ALEXANDER WINK GRANT, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC,CANADA.

Application filed June 27, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ALEXANDER VJINK GRANT, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and resident of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec,Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in hiiops, anddo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of same.

This invention relates to the fabric element employed for mopping ordusting purposes and appertains particularly to mop fabrics which areadapted to be secured to and held fiat upon a frame having a handle, bymeans of which latter the cloth is manipulated.

An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved mop fabricconstructed to hold itself out flat over its frame without appreciablesacrifice to the flexibility and pliancy of the fabric when in suchposition or the adaptability of the fabric for wringing purposes.

Another object is to incorporate the abov mentioned features in a stringmop.

'lhe objects and advantages will be hereinafter more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the accompanying claims.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference should be hadto the ac companying drawings forming a part of this specification, inwhich similar reference characters indicate the same parts and whereinFigure 1 is a perspective of the mop attached to its frame;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 22 Fig. 8;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line 3-3 Fig. 4; and

Fig. a is a bottom plan.-

As will be seen from the drawings the mop is of rectangular form andconsists preferably of a fiat rectangular foundation or backing 2 of twolayers of canvas or other tough flexible material, the underside ofwhich has the swab material thereon.

In the form I prefer the swab material consists of short lengths ofstring 3 arranged in spaced groups A, B, and 0 each attached to thebacking through the medium of atape l overlying the strings midway oftheir lengths and stitched or otherwise suitably fastened to thebacking, the stitching passing through the middle of the strings andPatented Mar. 19, 19918.

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leaving their ends free. The strings are of such a length and the tapesso spaced from each other that excessive bunching or tangling of thefree string ends is prevented. Lhus, when the mop is shaken the stringends readily disentangle. dislodge accumm lated matter and freely fallinto effective mopping position.

The mop is adapted to be mounted upon a wire frame having a handle formanipulating the mop and as shown by Fig. 1 the latter is specially contructed for use with a rectangular frame 5 to each end only of which itis attached thus leaving practically the full length of the fabric free.The mop is attached by means of transverse eyes (3 formed at each endand through which pins 7 supported by the frame are passed, metallicsleeves 8 serving to keep the eyes open for the passage of the pins andto protect the fabric. The mop is stretched suliiciently to keep thefabric substantially flat yet as the points of attachment are at theends only the natural pliancy or flexibility of the fabric is notinterfered with to prevent its entering into depressions or crevices orconforming to irregularly shaped objects to which it is applied.Furthermore the construction above described does not interfere with thewringing or squeezing of the fabric while it is upon a collapsible frameas illustrated in dotted lines Fig. 1.

It has been found that a pliant mop flexibly supported as abovedescribed is liable to wrinkle or bunch up at the edges and spoil thehighly desirable flat condition and to avoid this fault I incorporate atransversely extending stiffening member at each end of the fabric tohold the latter well out. I find by inserting a length of rope 9 orother relatively stiif but withal comparatively soft element, that theabove mentioned bunching up is avoided. The lengths of rope are at theends only and therefore do not interfere with the flexibility of the mopfor following dilferent contours or when being squeezed out.

While metallic stifiening members constituted for instance by alengthening of the sleeves 8 or other members harder than rope may beemployed yet in certain respects these are not wholly suitable as it isdesired to secure the stiffening effect without appreciably increasingthe likelihood of damage to articles with which the mop may come intocontact. The rope is sufficiently stiff to hold the 1110p fiat yet isnot hard enough to mar furniture, etc., and therefore I extend the mopout'fi'oln the sides of the wire supporting frame to act as a bufferbetween same and the furniture. The string groups tion, the central tabs11 projecting out beyond the side-tabs and being stitched at 12 outsidethe rope to form the eyes 6.

What I claim is as follows:

1. A mop having a flat fabric foundation llemll'led at its ends, lengthsof rope in the hemmed ends, a member at each end of the foundation andrespectively presenting an eye disposed transversely with respect to thefoundation for attaching same to a 1110p frame, lengths of string, andtapes overlylng said lengths of strings midway thereof and stitched tothe fabric through the strings.

2. A fiatfleXi-bl'e niop having a fabric foundation, transverselyextending lengths of rope at the ends of the foundation and side andcentral tabs formed at the ends of the foundation, the central and sidetabs at each end being hemmed over to envelop the lengths of rope,respectively, and stitched to the'foundation on the inward side of therope lengths and the central tab at each end projecting out beyond theside tabs and being stitched on the outward side of the rope length toform an eye. 7

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ALEXANDER WINK GRANT.

Gopiesof this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

